Frenchman wins PKR World Cup

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

As far as World Cup disappointments go, France were up there with England and Italy in the debacle stakes. One French poker player showed the underachieving footballers just how to do it after winning the PKR Facebook World Cup.

Ali ‘Flopimagik’ Guerouane beat an international field of 231 runners to claim the PKR Facebook World Cup.

PKR.com Marketing Manager Erika Schwartz said “Congratulations to Ali Guerouane! France had the second largest number of players in the PKR Facebook World Cup so he did well to get through the qualifying stage, let alone the final! This special edition tournament has been a great success and we’ve has fantastic feedback from our Facebook fans. We look forward to launching more in the near future!”

This year’s edition of the unusual Groundhog Day holiday will take place in the United States this Friday and Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are set to join in the fun with by running a commemorative poker tournament with $500 in the pot.

This Friday will see Australians from Perth to Brisbane marking the 230th anniversary of their nation’s official establishment and Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes will be getting in on the celebrations by offering a one-off online poker tournament featuring a $500 prize pool.